The Big E and Recycling
Recently, I attended the Big E. The Big E is The Eastern States Exposition, which is a large fair in Massachusetts. It is the sixth largest agricultural fair in the county, and the largest in New England. This fair draws large crowds, people from all over the country, who want to walk the 175 acre fair, eat the food, and participate in any of the other types of entertainment. Due to the immense amount of people (nearly one million people!), you can just imagine how much littering, pollution from smoke, and other types of environmentally harming behavior that occurs at this one event.
In previous years, The Big E did not have any means of recycling the many cans and containers for food. There were just large trash cans placed everywhere.
However, this year, The Big E has tried to become a little more green and more friendly, placing recycling bins at certain areas, along with the garbage cans, giving a people a chance to recycle if they wish.
They have a bit of work to do, because there are still issues in the bathrooms and in restaurants.
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Here is this image I found from www.TheNewEcologist.com. It really shows the true impact of Recycling.
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Did You Know?
Smoking Tobacco and Cigarettes aids in the destruction of trees?
According to both www.ucanbreathe.com and www.tobaccoleaf.org, since the late 1800's, far before humanity became concerned with the environment, the tobacco industry has been reported to use at least 1% of all trees.
Nearly 12.5 million acres of forest are destroyed each year to provide trees to cure tobacco. That's about a tree every two weeks for the average smoker.
That means tobacco kills more humans and trees than fires ever would.
You can read more about Tobacco and it's effects on trees, here.
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Easy Ways to Help Save the Earth
One website that I hold dear to me, that has excellent advice is http://www.50waystohelp.com/
I first discovered this website when doing research on how to become an environmentalist, and how to help save the earth. I was young and really had no ideas on how to make an impact. Could one person really make an impact? The answer is yes, no matter how small your impact may be, it is still one more step in the correct direction, one more step to saving our Mother Earth.
Some of my favorite pieces of advice that this website gives are;
-Go Vegetarian once a week.
-Use both sides of the paper
-Shower with your partner
and
-Use rechargeable batteries.
Not only are these pieces of advice given, but reasons for them are mentioned as well. The advice is short, and concise. Sure to not lose attention of those who are less inclined to reading.
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